2023-05-12 16:31:26
The trade union battle against pension reform is not over. The secretary general of the CGT, Sophie Binet, reaffirms this Friday that she wishes to obtain the withdrawal of the text, despite its validation by the Constitutional Council and its promulgation.
Asked about franceinfo, the union leader calls “to multiply actions and to mobilize massively on June 6”. This date will mark the 14th day of mobilization and demonstrations against the reform. Referring to June 6, 1944, D-Day, when the Allied forces landed in Normandy to liberate France and part of Europe from Nazi Germany, Sophie Binet declares that, “for D-Day, we call to land the pension reform.
The head of the CGT intends to take advantage of her meeting next week with the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, to renew her request. “We must withdraw the pension reform. It affects us all because it takes two years off us. After a moment of hesitation, the CGT finally decided to participate in the bilateral meetings that the government proposed to five unions (CFDT, FO, CFE-CGC, CFTC and CGT). They will take place next Tuesday and Wednesday.
The “scandalous” attitude of the National Rally
Sophie Binet projected herself further and mentioned the text which will be presented on June 8 to the National Assembly. Carried by the Liot group (Freedoms, Independents, Overseas and Territories), it aims to repeal the pension reform. “If the Assembly were to vote for this text, it would be a thunderclap. This would mean that there is a parliamentary shuttle on the repeal of the text”, judges the trade unionist. A parliamentary shuttle corresponds to the period when a legislative text goes back and forth between the Assembly and the Senate while waiting for the adoption of a final version. “We would ask the government to immediately suspend the reform. It is very important that the deputies play their role on June 8, ”adds Sophie Binet.
She also addressed a severe tackle to the National Rally on the issue of pensions. “The National Rally explains to us that to finance pensions, women should have more children and exclude immigrants. It’s scandalous ! Women are not bellies. »
“A disappointment machine”, tackle Dussopt
On the government side, the Minister of Labor, Olivier Dussopt, who carried the text on pensions, assured this Friday that the repeal text of June 8 is “a disappointment machine”. “In principle, when a bill comes to the Assembly, it can be adopted, it is the democratic principle. But if it passes, the text goes to the Senate and there will be no majority to adopt it, ”he explains on Europe 1recalling that the Senate voted for the pension reform.
According to the minister, “it is a text that does not offer any solution”. The Liot group’s bill has an impact on public finances of “15 billion euros per year”. “How do we fund this? Are we letting the deficits slip away? Are we digging into the debt? Do we save money elsewhere? The Liot group and all those who want to vote for the text must tell us where the money is taken from. »
If the contributions increased, this would result, according to him, in an average increase “between 700 and 1000 euros” for all French people. As for increasing the tax on tobacco, as proposed by Liot, “if we followed their reasoning, the package goes to 20 euros,” says the minister. “Let them assume it. This is called purchasing power. »
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